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What Did Curiosity Do to Einstein - The Magic of Physics
31 July 2007 <Everybody knows who Einstein was or, more importantly, what he did. What you might not know is that all Einstein’s discoveries now stand as starting point for the most elaborated devices, tools and appliances in various domains. Yes, the microwave oven in your kitchen wouldn’t have existed if it hadn’t been for Einstein’s genius. Not to mention the X-ray revolutions, lasers or television screens, gadgets that have entered our lives so quickly that we don’t even think who could have elaborated them.
Albert Einstein was first and foremost an example to follow, just as his motto was during his life - “to be an example”. He was also very modest, having asked the committee board at Princeton to lower his scholarship grant from 7,500 to 6,000. But what Einstein is most famous for are the innovations and discoveries in physics domain (Nobel-prize winning discoveries) and how these shook the world. Not only did Einstein develop the sphere of photo-electricity, but he also brought valuable contributions to space exploration, laser development or radiation treatment to cure cancer.
His curiosity always put him one step ahead of the others and encouraged the physics specialist to take further research work in completely new or project-level issues. Another one of his physics theories refers to the atom bomb, whose effects could not properly be imagined at those days. And if we come to think that all this physics activity really started for Einstein at the age of 5, when his father gave him a compass, it really is magic!
Even though many times physics is trapped within nebulous formulae, it will always be a subject that tackles with most of the things that human cannot find an explanation to. And, obviously, this is only for the best, because, as Einstein did all his life, there cannot be anything new if we don’t dig and wonder.